About Matasa Village

Matasa is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 444, made up of 208 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Matasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Matasa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171206
Area (hectares)	93.68 hectares
Population	444
Male Population	208
Female Population	236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,135
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Matasa compares

By the 2011 count Matasa is the 26th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 93.68 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Matasa

Matasa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Matasa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Matasa from other places

Matasa lies about 54 km from Shimla. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Matasa
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	9.2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	54 km

Villages closest to Matasa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jubbal tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Matasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Matasa village had a population of 444. That makes it the 26th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Matasa village has 208 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Matasa has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Matasa is 171206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Matasa covers 93.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Matasa falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Matasa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Matasa.

Matasa is about 54 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Matasa is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 9.2 km away. Shimla is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.